The Mayflower And Her Log, Complete, By Azel Ames


























































































































































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The only officer commonly carried by a ship of the MAY-FLOWER class,
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The Only Officer Commonly Carried By A Ship Of The MAY-FLOWER Class, Whose Rank, Capacities, And Functions Would Comport With Every Fact And Feature Of The Case, Was "The Ship's-Merchant," Her Accountant, Factor, And Usually - When Such Was Requisite - Her "Interpreter," On Every Considerable (Trading) Voyage.

It is altogether probable that it was in his capacity of "interpreter" (as Samoset and Tisquantum knew but little English), and on account of what knowledge of the Indian tongue he very probably possessed, that Standish chose Williamson as his associate for the formal reception of Massasoit.

It is indeed altogether probable that it was this familiarity with the "trade lingo" of the American coast tribes which influenced - perhaps determined - his employment as "ship's-merchant" of the MAY-FLOWER for her Pilgrim voyage, especially as she was expected to "load back" for England with the products of the country, only to be had by barter with the Indians. It is evident that there must naturally have been some provision made for communication with the natives, for the purposes of that trade, etc., which the Planters hoped to establish. Trading along the northern coast of Virginia (as the whole coast strip was then called), principally for furs, had been carried on pretty actively, since 1584, by such navigators as Raleigh's captains, Gosnold, Pring, Champlain, Smith, Dermer, Hunt, and the French and Dutch, and much of the "trade lingo" of the native tribes had doubtless been "picked up" by their different "ship's-merchants." It appears by Bradford' that Dermer, when coasting the shores of New England, in Sir Ferdinando Gorges's employ, brought the Indian Tisquantum with him, from England, as his interpreter, and doubtless from him Dermer and other ship's officers "picked up" more or less Indian phrases, as Tisquantum (Squanto) evidently did of English.

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